Reaching for the Moon (1917)
1h 9m
Running Time
November 16, 1917Release Date
Reaching for the Moon (1917)
1h 9m
Running Time
November 16, 1917Release Date
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Plot.
A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.
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Wiki.
Reaching for the Moon is a 1917 American silent adventure film directed by John Emerson and written by John Emerson, Joseph Henabery, and Anita Loos. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Richard Henry Cummings, Millard Webb, Eugene Ormonde, and Frank Campeau. The film was released on November 17, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It has been released on DVD.
Fairbanks later starred in a 1930 film of the same name that is unrelated to the 1917 film.